IMA Insights

At a recent webinar of the India CEO and CMO Forums, the CEOs of three prominent consumer-facing companies shared their perspectives on India’s economic recovery.

Insights from IMA’s Research on post-Covid CXO Priorities, Pain points and Challenges.

At a recent India CHRO Forum webinar, Deep Thomas explained the many uses - and possible pitfalls - of using technology in the HR function.

The three recently-enacted farm laws mark a significant departure from the existing framework. Industry stakeholders reckon that these will benefit not only farmers, including small and medium ones who constitute over 80% of that population, but also food-related businesses, agritech start-ups and agri warehouses. This podcast examines the issue in detail including the emerging business opportunities, studying available literature as well as drawing opinions from industry players.

At recent all-India webinars of the India CEO, CFO, CHRO and CMO Forums, we presented the main findings of the latest BCPI edition, followed by an open-house discussion among members about the state of their businesses. This podcast captures some of the main takeaways of these discussions

Hybrid work’, ‘remote work’ and ‘work from anywhere’ are just some of the phrases that have become commonplace in the corporate lexicon since Covid-19 struck. To gauge the sustainability of the new working models and explore innovative ways to engage a remote workforce, we drew insights from several CXOs from among IMA India’s peer group forms.

The BJP performed better than expected in the Bihar assembly elections, significantly improving upon its own performance and ensuring that its NDA coalition came back to power. Bihar is always a keenly-watched election because it serves as an indicator of voter sway in the Hindi heartlands. There are three important drawings to be made from the current outcome as the attached paper explains. Adit Jain shares his insights.

The podcast, based on conversations with CFOs of leading companies, highlights the accelerating pace of technology in Finance and offers insights on how smart technologies are creating impact, and the opportunity for the function to leverage the current momentum.

In this podcast, Stephanie Flanders, Senior Executive Editor, Bloomberg Economics, and Abhishek Gupta, India Economist at Bloomberg Economics, provides an assessment of the impact of Covid-19 on the global economy, global supply chains, labour markets and government finances. They also offered a perspective on the Indian economy and a forward view on what to expect in the coming months.

Conventional wisdom holds that being kind is a risk in the cut-throat corporate world where performance and productivity are prized over everything else. However, social scientists argue that exhibiting pro-social behaviour at the workplace heightens employee engagement, promotes brand loyalty and improves business performance in the long run.